A Scunthorpe man shocked his girlfriend when he took to the stage and proposed to her in front of a euphoric audience at a festival.

Scott Carter told his girlfriend Kelly Williams that he had won tickets to a competition to see Manchester band James perform in the Party at the Palace festival in Scotland.

The couple travelled north of the border to their first festival together last week, but Kelly had no idea what Scott had up his sleeve - or should we say - in his pocket!

After Scott went to see James at The Baths Hall in Scunthorpe back in May, he was able to speak to the band's lead singer, Tim Booth, and asked him if he would be able to propose to Kelly during one of their future shows.

Tim agreed to the request and put him in touch with the band's tour manager.

After a few weeks of communicating, they arranged for Scott and Kelly to travel up to the festival in the small town of Linlithgow, 20 miles west of Edinburgh, and have access to watch the band's headline set from backstage.

Scott hid the ring from Kelly for three months, and the couple travelled up to Scotland.

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Although he had been planning it for months, he admitted when it came to the day, he was very nervous about going through with it – as it could have turned out to be a very embarrassing situation for him.

Scott said: "It all got very real when it came to the night, but a bottle of wine helped with my nerves – then I was ready."

Scott Carter got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend Kelly Williams during James' set at the Party at the palace festival in Scotland (Image: Alan Rennie)

But thankfully, he had nothing to be worried about as Kelly, without hesitation, said "yes" and the crowd erupted into cheers as he placed the ring on her finger.